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Edible Plants / Re: Seed Saving Circle 2026
Last post by markfield rover - Today at 09:53:15
Rosakrone is a really good pea , look forward to it, cheers.
#2
Edible Plants / Re: Seed Saving Circle 2026
Last post by JanG - Today at 08:08:24
Rosakrone flowers from a previous growing.

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#3
Edible Plants / Re: Seed Saving Circle 2026
Last post by JanG - Today at 08:05:08
Thanks for the link, Ruud. Chang Li does look interesting as Vetivert says.
It was actually the next two I meant to ask about which you picked up without names. It would be good to have some pointers if you can either remember what the tomatoes were like or, if you have grown them already, what their growth habits were.

We're into November already. I hope everyone is successfully drying, sorting and packeting this year's gatherings. I've made a mistake with the two mangetout varieties I mentioned, Golden Sweet and Bijou,and forgot to keep enough back. Instead I'll contribute Rosakrone which has lovely pink flowers on fasciated stems which produce an  umbellatum cluster of flowers and smallish pods at about five feet. The seed was originally from Real Seeds. I also have Sutton's Achievement which I was originally an HSL seed guardian for in 2020. It's a good climbing podding pea.
#4
Edible Plants / Re: Seed Saving Circle 2026
Last post by Vetivert - Yesterday at 19:27:03
They look very nice, ruud. Not many Chinese tomatoes going around!

Is this the correct description for Candy's Old Yellow? I seed Candy's Stripes is a synonym, apparently.
https://www.tomatofifou.com/en/produit/candy-stripes/
#5
The Shed / More boasting
Last post by Palustris - Yesterday at 16:49:20
Long time since I had a book out but here it is.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HPYNZ3HT
#7
Edible Plants / Re: Seed Saving Circle 2026
Last post by JanG - October 27, 2026, 07:22:01
Hi Ruud. That's a great start. I'm intrigued by your first two tomatoes. You probably don't know their growing habits if you haven't grown them yet. But can you give some idea of colour, size, shape etc? Cherry, beefsteak, oxheart etc?

I hope you had very good holidays collecting them!
#8
Edible Plants / Re: Seed Saving Circle 2026
Last post by ruud - October 25, 2026, 13:16:51
Hello everybody,here is my contrbution for the seedcircle till now,more to come.
tomatoes; chang li
          croation tomato
          tomato from ortaca market turkey
          glacier
          tsaar kolokol
          barry`s crazy tomato
          stump of the world 
          candy`s old yellow
beans;    alman ayse
          kaiser friedrich
          poletschka
          brown tobacco worm
          draculas eye
          trail of tears
          gialet or fagiolo gialet
#9
Edible Plants / Re: Seed Saving Circle 2026
Last post by galina - October 20, 2026, 07:54:44
That would explain it, thank you Jang. 
#10
Edible Plants / Re: Seed Saving Circle 2026
Last post by JanG - October 18, 2026, 06:11:43
I can only comment that I was told about an attempt to breed a red spotted lettuce by someone who had been told by Frank Morton that red spottedness isn't stable. I haven't noticed that with my own saved seed but perhaps I have unwittingly selected.
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